Historically, the gallery space is a place where creativity and culture both mesh and clash. If only the walls could speak their stories…and we could listen. What has been said there and what will be said in the future? Maybe you can actually hear the words pulse and roll to the surface.

Pick ‘G’ words from the list that seem important to you – artists or themes – or think of your own ‘G’ words…

Gaudí             Guggenheim Gender            Globalization            Gluttony      Gauguin            Garbage        Gibberish                    Geiger Counter             Greater Good               Géricault              Grave              Graze             Giacometti                Generate       Generous                 Giggawatts               Give Place     Gilbert and George           Goal               Google           Giotto             Vincent van Gogh               Goya              GST      El Greco           Grosz

Then, please add your ‘G’ words below.

Your chosen words will be composed into a new audio form and reintroduced to the gallery space at this exhibition’s close…..moving  from written words to spoken words to sounded words to sensational soundscape!…..  Come be a part of it!

Soundscape coming soon

for gaining this much education!

Hi, Flossie,  I agree with them. It will take away from your work and your incentive to work. It’s a hard one, juggling art and work. And dealing with other people’s perceptions of what is good for you or indeed, how long you will stay in the job is what employers see when they realize that you are an artist.

Anyway, something will come along that will be just perfect. Have you tried artists in schools programs or grants for community programs?

Flossie to self: A pathetic excuse! This is like saying to a musician, she can’t sell musical instruments because she plays herself. Being how ‘good’ an artist disqualifies one from being an art teacher? !!!@#%&+

Staircase to nowhere and I’ve already fallen off it

Thank you so much for remembering me with a chirpy card, flowers, chocolate and champers…all favourite vices…on this special Mother’s Day. It is special because I officially have responsibility for only one of you anymore. Unofficially, of course, I will always feel responsible for you – as my mother did before me and her mother and so on. Some of you I gave birth to…I was remembering each of those occasions this morning as I sipped my tea on the balcony.

Most of all I want to thank Tom, without whose agreement and cooperation, none of you would exist in the particular state you are now. I love Tom very much and am so glad he asked me to marry him. Just think what I would have missed out on!

I talked about all of you a great deal this past week as I presented artist’s talks in Wangaratta in conjunction with B, B & B. You are all part of the making of this art. I can’t beat that inspiritation (hmmm … a good title for my next exhibition??) or collaboration but I am doing my best to carry on with those at hand…lucky Tom and Patch (!)

Thank you for making my Day very happy. Now I have to get to work to finish a few pieces of art for Bendigo, help pick up the trailer and pack it to travel tomorrow, pack myself for one month away from home and pack up art materials to make while away… I think Hungry Jacks and Jamaican chocolate cheesecake from the shop are still on the agenda, too.

love each you very much and am still proud to be the mother of ‘em all!

Florence Grace (nee Stumpf) Peitsch

Flowers, chocolate and bubbly from the family

The hidden phrase is ‘I am the way, the truth and the life’ but it is a secret….

Sally, do you have any questions or comments I can respond to?

General comment from the public: Was the wool unravelled for Housewarmingthe Onkaparinga Woollen Mills in South Australai before it shut down. This wool came off the ends of blankets after the end tassels were twisted. They were all short lengths of different colours. I used our broken clothes drying rack made into the shape of a house as a frame. I think the car stands look like the supports needed under some houses.

Grace, that is an excellent question….I don’t know! But they also were very helpful to me…some did sound recording, some did computer work, some painted or carried art for me. Everyone cleaned the house for me. Family is hard work but if they are considerate, it can work out so everyone does what they have to do….and still have fun.

Eight people are in my family – six children and 2 parents

I laid out the fence palings [taken from my old yard fence] in an uneven pattern and drew shapes connecting the panels. Then several women from a conference I was leading painted them in the colours they chose. If you line them up a certain way, they will reform the complete pattern. The pattern can from my imagination.

Fencing is made from recycled pence palings